I'm listening.A reduction in general safety practices for profit at any cost?
This thread started out with the premise that the media is trying to distract us away from this incident.
Who? Why?
I'm listening.A reduction in general safety practices for profit at any cost?
If you like you could check the link I posted a couple comments ago. Take from it what you may, or discard it. It is from r/latestagecapitalism and I know how that sub would be regarded here.I'm listening.
This thread started out with the premise that the media is trying to distract us away from this incident.
Who? Why?
Probably several reasons:I'm listening.
This thread started out with the premise that the media is trying to distract us away from this incident.
Who? Why?
You are giving logical reasons why every national media source would choose not cover the incident live. Obviously, some did.Probably several reasons:
Accident in a small town in flyover country. Nobody "important" impacted.
Nobody wants to send reporters to a nothingburger town and rack up expenses.
So in a word: "whocares?"
There was a huge chemical plant fire in West Virginia a couple years back that looked similarly apocalyptic.Probably several reasons:
Accident in a small town in flyover country. Nobody "important" impacted.
Nobody wants to send reporters to a nothingburger town and rack up expenses.
So in a word: "whocares?"
The cars containing them were at the heart of the post crash fire area as well as kinetically damaged and thermal imaging of the cars showed that the chemicals internally were approaching a critical temperature after which a Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor explosion would be a distinct possibilityHmmm, the states and epa slap fines heavily for burning things such as wire, shingles and plastic..but it's ok to burn direct hazardous chemicals. Why wasn't these chemicals just pumped into proper containers..
I suspect something more was going on there. DeWine has been quoted as saying the broadcast being done by the reporter was not bothering him. Ohio's Adjutant General, a member of DeWines cabinet (why he was there) and Major General in the Ohio Nat'l Guard decided on his own that the reporter was too noisy and ordered police to stop the broadcastI agree. No worries. I just wanted to do some legwork to get the whole story.
I'd bet MTG doesnt know the whole story either. Lots of assumptions are made during things like this. Especially with other incidents where .gov doesnt seem to want to be honest with us.
I'm actually surprised it wasnt as bad as advertised. In this case it just sounds like an overzealous cop flexing his "you will obey without delay." attitude. Since he didnt shut up immediately, cop felt disrespected and showed no common sense by arresting him for daring to finish his work as quickly as possible.
"Burned" vinyl chloride, while bad, isn't as bad as unburned vinyl chloride. It's also a material that rapidly evaporates so it's not hanging around long as a liquid. It becomes a liquid under pressure and is stored and transported that way, much like propane.
Like ethylene oxide you don't want a big cloud of it hanging around as it can produce a thermobaric explosion, just like ethylene oxide.
People on the ground making decisions about chemical problems sometimes have to choose between the lesser of two evils.
You guys and your facts!The cars containing them were at the heart of the post crash fire area as well as kinetically damaged and thermal imaging of the cars showed that the chemicals internally were approaching a critical temperature after which a Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor explosion would be a distinct possibility
They opted for a 'controlled' release and burn over the less desirable alternative. The potential for an explosion was also limiting fire-fighting options on the rest of the wreck
I'm listening.
This thread started out with the premise that the media is trying to distract us away from this incident.
Who? Why?
If I heard correctly the choice is acid rain for a bit or massive amounts of cancer in pockets all along the Ohio river.
There will be some of each. The faster you burn it, the less of the other you get.I find it hard to believe both of these things aren't going to be the end result.